Ice dam risk in Cape Canaveral, FL
How often ice dams form in Cape Canaveral
0.0 dam days a winter
Almost never. An ordinary house in Cape Canaveral sees 0.0 days a winter when an ice dam can form, because snow rarely stays on a roof long enough below freezing.
Cape Canaveral averages 0 inches of snow a year and about 0 days with snow on the ground. Too little lies on the roof for long. The conditions that make a dam need all three at once: snow, cold at the eave and heat above it.
Do you need to do anything in Cape Canaveral?
- Nothing for ice dams. If you are buying here and an inspector mentions water at the eaves, ask what they saw: it is far more likely a gutter, flashing or drip-edge problem than ice.
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Cape Canaveral next to nearby towns
Cape Canaveral ranks 173 of 173 Florida cities here for ice-dam days, behind Jacksonville at 0.0 days.
- Cocoa Beach, FL 5 mi, 0.0 days
- Rockledge, FL 9 mi, 0.0 days
- Cocoa, FL 10 mi, 0.0 days
- Satellite Beach, FL 15 mi, 0.0 days
- Titusville, FL 18 mi, 0.0 days
Where these numbers come from
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals from Melbourne Wfo, 19.6 miles from Cape Canaveral. A dam day is a day with snow on the roof and freezing at the eave while heat or sun melts the snow above it. This describes a normal winter, not this one.